US Congress House Joint Resolution 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 42-0)
Status: Introduced on March 4 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-03-16 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Constitutional Amendment - Requires marriage in the United States to consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Prohibits requiring any state to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD]	Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-FL]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]	Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN]
Rep. Ken Calvert [R-CA]	Rep. Eric Cantor [R-VA]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]
Rep. Randy Forbes [R-VA]	Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]	Rep. Phil Gingrey [R-GA]	Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R-VA]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]	Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R-MI]	Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]	Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R-MI]	Rep. John Mica [R-FL]	Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL]
Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX]	Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN]	Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]
Rep. George Radanovich [R-CA]	Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]	Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-16		Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2009-03-04		Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-joint-resolution/37/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hjres37/BILLS-111hjres37ih.pdf